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Alright, ravers.

Last time we here at Crossfade ran through our list of the five most annoying buzzwords, reactions were mixed. Some of you thought we were the most evil, hate-mongering, misinformed monsters to ever walk the Earth. Others gave us so many virtual high-fives that our e-hand is still tingly.

There were even who asked, "How come you didn't put ______ on the list?" Well, we're going to buck the haters (it's hella ironic being told to "burn in hell" by someone who thinks they're PLUR) and give it another go.

Are you ready?

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Let's face it, hip-hop is pretty stupid.

Not, like, inherently. Because it used to be about self-reflection, empowerment, and fun. Now, though, the mainstream rap community's message can be boiled down to a handful of misguided concepts, spewed and propagated by lying hacks.

There's almost nothing enlightening about radio-friendly rap music. And here are the five most annoying buzzwords on the air.

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Whether you like it or not, dance music runs the world and therefore the cultural lexicon. We're going to go ahead and say that's a bad thing.

Our hashtag-driven, buzz-worthy reality is giving us a headache, mostly because you dancing assholes can't stop saying the same shit over and over again. You're like a bad DJ, repeating the hits ad nauseum until it all melts together into a giant, mediocre mess.

You know how you can say a word, like, seven times before it sounds funny to you and loses meaning entirely? The same rule applies for these five dance music terms.

UPDATE Radio-friendly rap is also pretty stupid. And here are the five most annoying buzzwords on the air.

UPDATE #2 How about five more annoying EDM buzzwords?

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Diddy is the richest has-been of all time.

There's something funny about money. Once you have a certain amount of it, those greenbacks just keep multiplying. You don't really have to do anything, except sit back and watch that money tree fruit up.

Just look at Diddy. He hasn't done anything in years, and he's still the richest dude in rap. He even created a band that totally flopped, but it made no difference. He makes the right investments, courts the right endorsers, and keeps the right company.

That's exactly how to top Forbes' "Hip-Hop's Wealthiest Artists 2013" and not even write any rhymes!

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Confidence is sexy. But someone forgot to tell Kanye West about the rule of subtlety.

Personally, we think the egomaniacal musician is the genius he claims to be. But all things in moderation.

No doubt, his forthcoming album will be a righteous game-changer, inevitably topping charts, and burrowing into our unconscious minds. That's why a modest album title (or maybe something totally bizarre like My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy) would fit nicely.

But alas, Kanye is on that Reading Rainbow, I-can-do-anything tip, and he's considering the working title, I Am God. Sure, it could be seen as offensive. But what's worse is it's not even funny.

Kind of like these other terrible album titles.

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Our nation loves a good cause, and we seem to have made Rihanna one of them. This whole country is just one bad-gal Instagram photo away from a million-man march to raise awareness and call for an end to the singer's tumultuous relationship with Chris Brown.

Never mind that the pair is "in love" and possibly balls-deep in the freakiest engagement of all time. He kicked her ass once, and gosh darnit, he'll do it again.

And according to this Law & Order: SVU episode inspired by the rocky gossip rag favorites, someone like Chris Brown could totally leave Rihanna floating dead in the water.

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Oh, Kanye...

Mr. Kim Kardashian-in-waiting was performing at a show in France on Monday night when the Chicago MC decided to proverbially blow himself on stage, shooting a heavy load of arrogance from his cocky mouth and into the collective face of an unsuspecting Parisian crowd.

"There's no motherfuckin' awards or sponsorships or none of that shit that can stop the dedication to bringing y'all that real shit," West eloquently boasted between songs.

Watch Yeezy's entire self-congratulatory, motivational English speech directed at a French-speaking audience after the cut.

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Models turned DJs turned models again.

Did you know EDM is a big moneymaker? Nothing sells better than sex, drugs, and uhntz uhntz. And now, thanks to modern technology, you don't even have to be a respectable, talented DJ to cash in on the molly moola express.

Corporations are dying to sign contracts with these party professionals. No need to be a champion turntablist or a hit machine, you just have to appeal to the right audience -- the ones with the money -- and, if you're a woman, be devastatingly attractive.

Oh, and have no qualms about accepting thousands in return for tricking the world into spending money on shit they really don't ever need -- ever.

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Oh girls, we never learn. We always love the assholes who treat us like garbage. As long as they give us just enough to feel like "this time is different."

Well, this time it is different, because it's not just on-again, off-again rumors of dating and Instakissing. It's full-on marriage on the horizon for Rihanna and Chris Brown.

She's been spotted around town wearing a giant rock since the Grammys. And if that's not news enough, turns out they're going to have the best stoner rock-star wedding ceremony of all time. Check out all the hits they've got lined up, below.

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Cottonmouth king and Miami-born U.S. Senator Marco Rubio is a sucker for good hip-hop. And as such, he thinks Lil Wayne Lame is simply a vehicle of mindless entertainment with little substance.

TMZ caught up with the republican senator at Washington D.C.'s Reagan National Airport this morning and asked the GOP superstar what he thought about the New Orleans rapper's recent declaration: "I ain't 2Pac, I'm the new 'Pac."

"Lil Wayne's Lil Wayne, man," Senator Rubio tells the TMZ cameraman. "I think he's also in a beef with the Heat, the Miami Heat?"

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